Published date: 24 October 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 12 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

SW1H 9NA

Value of contract

£600,000

Procurement reference

tender_221038/807954

Published date

24 October 2019

Closing date

12 September 2019

Contract start date

28 October 2019

Contract end date

28 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Universal Credit is a flagship service for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and given its accessibility on the Internet, the service is subject to a range of evolving threats.
With agile methodologies, and the use of commodity cloud services, the need to rapidly iterate deployed applications and infrastructures is paramount in order to meet the needs of users.
In such a fast-paced environment, it is therefore increasingly crucial that there is a comprehensive application testing regime in place, aligned with the development lifecycle, to ensure that vulnerabilities are identified and prioritised accordingly for remediation.
The Universal Credit Programme requires a culture of continuous vulnerability assessment to align with the existing continuous integration (CI) pipeline. The DWP therefore require an Agile Security Testing service to complement our developers, DevOps and the Secure Design team to continuously test existing and new features as they iterate to feed into the Development lifecycle.
The supplier will be required to undertake a combination of automated and manual testing to identify vulnerabilities within the application. In addition, the supplier is also required to utilise and optimise existing toolsets used for the identification of application vulnerabilities and suggest areas for improvement.

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Award information

Awarded date

3 October 2019

Contract start date

28 October 2019

Contract end date

28 October 2021

Total value of contract

£600,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

MDSec Consulting Ltd.

Address

Brunswick Mill, Pickford Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6JN

Reference

Companies House number: 07909398

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Caxton House, Tothill Street
Westminster, London
SW1H 9NA
England

Email

commercialdirectorate.uc-wa@dwp.gov.uk